Are You a Data Collector or a Data User?

The recent proliferation of digital assessment tools along with the rise of more formative and standards-based approaches to learning means K-12 schools are swimming in data. A good problem to have? Only if educators know how to effectively use it.

As schools shift focus from high-stakes testing to formative, through-course assessments, district leaders must adjust to these four mindsets to ensure the data collected is used to drive student outcomes.

  1. Collect Data → Use Data
  2. Measure Learning → Measure Learning Opportunity
  3. Intermittent Data Analysis → In-the-moment Data Analysis
  4. Disconnected District Decision-Making → Collaborative Connections with Classrooms

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A District Leader’s Guide to Using Data

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